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Ancient Indian architecture ranges from the Indian Bronze Age to around 800 CE. By this endpoint Buddhism in India had greatly declined, and Hinduism was predominant, and religious and secular building styles had taken on forms, with great regional variation, which they largely retain even after some forceful changes brought about by the arrival of first Islam, and then Europeans.
This is a list of Monuments of National Importance officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the Indian state Andhra Pradesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The monument identifier is a combination of the abbreviation of the subdivision of the list (state, ASI circle) and the numbering as published ...
In India, caves have long been regarded as sacred places. Caves that were enlarged or entirely man-made were believed to be as sacred as natural caves. The sanctuary in all Indian religious structures, even free-standing ones, was designed to have the same cave-like feeling, as it is generally small and dark, without natural light. [5]
India accepted the convention on 14 November 1977, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are 43 World Heritage Sites in India. Out of these, 35 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type, listed for both cultural and natural properties. India has the sixth-most sites worldwide.
[56] [57] Isanasivagurudeva paddhati is another text from the 9th century describing the art of building in India in south and central India. [ 56 ] [ 58 ] From 300 BCE – 300 CE, the greatest accomplishments of the kingdoms of the early Chola , Chera and the Pandyan kingdoms included brick shrines to deities Kartikeya , Shiva , Amman and Vishnu .
Megaliths, made of large stones, are man-made structures. Based on the "structural design" megaliths are classified as either monolith or polylithic.: [12] Monolithic structures: are single large stones standing vertically, which have following 2 sub-types. Menhir: are vertically standing stone, usually found across all continents.
Cherrapunji in northeast India is known as one of the wettest places in the world, and it has had an effect on the area's scenery. Villagers cross rivers not on man-made bridges, but on ones made ...
Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...